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Restaurant owners hungry for answers
TORONTO, May 14 /CNW/ - Canadian restaurateurs are hoping some straight
answers will be on the menu when Visa and MasterCard appear before a House of
Commons committee today.
WHAT:
Visa and MasterCard are scheduled to appear before a joint
Industry/Finance Committee to explain the skyrocketing fees charged to
merchants for accepting their credit cards.
WHEN/WHERE:
May 14, 2009, 3:30 - 6:30 p.m., Parliament Hill, Centre Block Room 237-C,
Ottawa
RESTAURANT REACTION:
A spokesperson for the 33,000-member Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices
Association (CRFA) will be available for reaction from Toronto. Justin
Taylor, CRFA's Vice President of Labour and Taxation, can be reached at
416-649-4214 or 416-550-3458 (cell) or jtaylor@crfa.ca.
CRFA is part of the Stop Sticking it To Us coalition, a group of more
than 250,000 businesses across the country fighting back against skyrocketing
fees charged to merchants for accepting credit card payments.